Ok right. So according to my latest article we have “Precious Mind Resources.” What are these resources? In a nutshell Precious Mind Resources are a mix between, time, attention and memory, both short-term and long-term. When I say, Mind, I don’t necessarily mean brain. Although I feel that the mind is primarily housed in the brain. I also think that the mind is wherever the perspective is focused on. So the Precious Mind Resources are a combination of the gaze of the mind and how that information is processed in the mind/brain organism. So when I was driving and getting frustrated I was sucking up Precious Mind Resources faster than fuel in my gas tank. I was focused on the road, trying to find parking in LA, which is no fun and trying to keep track of the time. At the same time I was focused on using my short-term to remember if any parking spots opened up. Overall my Mind was losing resources especially patience fast. So I guess you could say that Precious Mind Resources are a mix of patience and focus.
If you can save your Precious Mind Resources (PMR) then you can re-allocate them to do different things for you. So instead of being frustrated you can divert your PMR to do something else that is more productive. Maybe you can use your PMR to think about driving safely, or trying to remember what important events you have coming up instead of being caught with your pants down by life in general. Let’s face it, we all get busy and taking a few seconds every few hours to think about our goals and objectives is a good use of PMR.
But PMR can be used to do a lot more than manage your affairs and stay safe while driving. You can use PMR to take an active approach to life and be more on top of every second of the day. More in the moment. Lately I’ve used my PMR to sort out my problems in spare time. I’ll try and think about what obstacles I have in my life when I walking somewhere or in the bathroom. Then I’ll use the time I spend with other people to not think about my problems, and instead focus on being a good communicator. This ties into friendliness and especially kindness. What’s kindness? Kidness is basically treating people and entities with pleasant concern and overall respect and good-will. It’s a really good state of being to be in.
This is where things start to heat up. If you use kindness, you will start seeing results in the system by which you live. Remember in the previous article I said that if you perceive that you live in a world of chaos then you will create that world. Well imaging that you live in a world of kindness, and one way that you share that kindness is by being kind to your neighbors and people that you meet while walking down the street. Well, if you are sincere you will probably either be ignored, or in many cases your kindness will be politely returned by some sort of response. Now think about all the kindness you can generate by showing good vibes to people consistently without being annoying. People might start saying to themselves, “Hey, this neighborhood isn’t so bad after all!” or “I never knew so many nice people lived and worked here? Too bad I have to commute!” or “Hmm, all these nice people will be good for property values.” I remember once I was walking down a street in Downtown San Francisco and there was this dude walking on the sidwalk toward me and I nodded and said, “Hi, how’s it going?” and he stopped in his tracks and said, “You from around here. Or are you military?” and I said, “I just work loss prevention and I live down the street.” And he said, “Oh, cuz people usually aren’t that nice to me.” And I said, “Oh, well I was just saying ‘sup. Have a good night man!” and the guy walked away and said something nice that I can’t remember but I think it was something like, “Later.” Anyways it felt good to take a risk and show respect.
All that kindness has a way of multiplying. The more kind you are, the more opportunities you will have to have kindness returned, and also you will have a demeanor so other people will sense that you are more inclined to accept their kindness. The more you practice using your Precious Mind Resources (PMR) for the purpose of cultivating kindness you will find that conversations will be easy to strike up with people and random people in your daily life like people at the local coffee shop and employees at your favorite stores will start treating you more like an acquaintence or new friend than a cold customer. This makes your aura change. You will become more confident and will seem like a generally more “worth the flesh that you keep inside your clothes” kind of a person. You will be worth your weight, as opposed to just seeming like a bag of flesh that blobs around town. So then when someone either at work or school or randomly at some location like Starbucks or something approaches you with a business opportunity, there is a good chance that you were sharing your kindness with other people in the days and hours before the encounter with this opportunity and you will be more receptive and will have an auric field that is accepting the responsibility of wealth and power. You will seem more capable to accept a potential opportunities riches because you are already well practiced in accepting the fruits of daily peace of mind. And that’s all that most business transactions truly are, two people trying to achieve better piece of mind by putting their skills and resources together.
I have had dozens of business opportunities that have presented themselves in the past few years that just happened because I was genuinely respectful and positive and could remember the person’s name of whom I was talking to. So remember peoples’ names. That’s a winner tip. It’s more important than birthdays or any of that stuff. Birthdays are for facebook, if you can remember someone’s name then you are on the sincere path of opportunity. I’d say knowing someone’s name is priority #1, then know what their current situation is, are they in school? Are they working somewhere? Do they have any hobbies? If you know that stuff then you will make yourself a formidable acquaintence and people will wonder at coffee shops why you are such a great person to be around and they will probably wish that you knew them as well as you knew everybody else. That’s when the kindness starts to get exponential growth instead of linear growth. After getting a free tea tonight I was walking down the street and ran into the lady that put some of my Mom’s art up in her interior design store and she was with her daughter trying to get a table into her car. I met the daughter and then helped them get the kitchen table into the car and then headed on my way to the gym. I felt great. I had a hot cup of tea in my hand and every sip tasted like a small reminder of my small victories of little kindness blurbs.
Now as I share my kindness with you,
I give it with sincerity,
for even if we have never met,
I hope nothing but the best for you and your family.
We are all related by the atom and the cell and the mind,
so prosperity, tranquility and good times are my wishes for you.
As I listen to music on my computer,
I think of you,
and how you are the very reason why I have been listening to the same tracks over and over again,
trying to capture and replay the emotions of friendship,
which inspired this article in the first place.
with Love and Respect
-Tyler